A person, organization, or system that allocates, distributes, or assigns resources, funds, space, or responsibilities to specific uses or recipients.
From 'allocate' plus the agent noun suffix '-or' (one who performs an action), following Latin patterns like 'legislator' and 'curator.' The suffix indicates the doer of the allocation.
In modern computing, a 'memory allocator' is a program that decides which applications get how much of your computer's RAM—it's like a digital traffic cop!
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